Show GUIDES BIG HOSPITAL PLAN willis william M pierce minnesota legion commander keeps vow made while caring tor for wounded A silent vow made four years rears ago liy ky a soldier at a french debarkation point will soon be realized realize d by tile the erection at rochester minn of a great memorial hospital william J pierce now commander of tho the Amer american lenn legion 4 in minnesotan Min first district did not have the opportunity port unity of risking ln his life in his count rys defense 11 lie was stationed at a french port and it was his duty to meet find and receive tile hie red cross trains from the front bearing the maimed bodies of american soldiers the sufferings of those bleeding crippled men le id an indelible mark on his bis mind ile he vowed that he would 11 never ever forget them and that he would never cease to labor for thel met 1 I fare an american legion memorial hoppl hospital whose hose doors will be perpetually open to any ex service man from any part of tile the nation Is now under way with william J pierce gulding guiding the project the needed to erect two bed wards and to establish a mayo clinic will be raised largely by the showing of patriotic motion pictures throughout under the auspices of legion posts |